The Heart Failure Journey: An Introduction

A heart failure diagnosis can feel overwhelming. This course gives you clear, practical guidance to help you move forward with confidence. You will learn what heart failure is, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated. We explain common tests, medications, cardiac rehabilitation, and daily symptom management. You will also learn how diet, exercise, salt, and fluid choices affect your heart. The course addresses emotional health and shows you how to work closely with your care team. Whether you are newly diagnosed or supporting someone you love, you will gain tools to manage heart failure and live well.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Describe the progression of heart failure from diagnosis through long-term management.
Identify the roles of each member of a multidisciplinary heart failure care team.
Describe the diagnostic tests used to evaluate and monitor heart failure.
Apply dietary and fluid management strategies to reduce heart failure symptoms.
Describe HCM as a cause of heart failure and its management implications.
Explain the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation and safe exercise for heart failure patients.
Identify how coronary artery disease contributes to heart failure development.
Apply evidence-based strategies for day-to-day heart failure symptom management.
Apply lifestyle modification strategies to slow heart failure progression.